Freshening by glacial meltwater enhances melting of ice shelves and reduces formation of Antarctic Bottom Water

Alessandro Silvano, University of Tasmania, Quantitative Marine Science Program, Hobart, TAS, Australia, Stephen R Rintoul, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, Hobart, Australia, Beatriz Pena-Molino, Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP), Hobart, TAS, Australia, Will R Hobbs, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart, TAS, Australia, Esmee van Wijk, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere Flagship, Hobart, Australia, Shigeru Aoki, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Takeshi Tamura, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia and Guy Darvall Williams, ACE CRC, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia